April 12, 2024

Something For the Moment 

• Last Day to Sign up to Sing: If you are interested in participating in this year’s small cohort of singers and/or instrumentalists who will engage in small group low-latency virtual collaboration, a reminder that today is the deadline to sign up. Fill out this brief Google Form as soon as possible (no later than April 19) if you are interested in potentially joining the 2024 Musicians of the Living Tradition. Learn more here.
• Welcoming a new UUMA Staff Role: Earlier this year we shared that our new staff structure would be shifting from two half time and one full time support positions to 2 full time administrative positions. We are pleased to announce that our Collegial Care Assistant, the Rev. Jan Taddeo, has accepted the revised, full-time position of Program Administrator. We expect this role to support both Lifelong Learning and Collegiality programming. 
• Open UUMA Appointment to the Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MFC): The UUMA appoints four representatives to the MFC. We currently have one opening. This is a high workload, high responsibility, high impact position. More details about the position and the commitment and skills required can be found in our Volunteer Center. If you are interested in being considered for this appointment, please complete our application. Questions? Contact the Executive Team! 

Something for the Journey

Rev. Jan Taddeo, Program Administrator

When I shifted from full-time to part-time ministry in 2022, I wasn’t sure what I would do to meet my financial needs. I considered opening a shop on Etsy, providing couples coaching, leading Prepare-Enrich training workshops, offering meditation training, and several other possibilities for piecing together a reliable income. All those options felt sketchy, and would require far more time and effort than I had available while continuing to serve a congregation half-time. 

As I considered my options, I spotted the opening for a Collegial Care Assistant at the UUMA. I was delighted to be invited to serve in that role. Since July 2022 when I began my service with the UUMA, I’ve considered supporting our collegial care programs as a ministry of sorts – doing what I coud to offer collegial care for our members through the programs I was supporting. 

Now that I’m retired from setted ministry, I look forward to working with our new program staff and pouring more of myself into this new, full-time role. Program Administration is an opportunity for me to marry my pre-ministry experiences in program administration and office management with the opportunity to support my colleagues in ministry and pay forward the precious support I received over the course of my path to and through ministry. I’ve ministered to and with my colleagues in various roles – Good Offices, UU Trauma Response, Mentor, and Internship Supervisor. I relied on the training, resources, and collegial connections offered by the UUMA to serve in these capacities. Although my title is changing, and my role is growing, I will carry the spirit of “Collegial Care” into this next chapter.

Something Extra

Mentor Training: We are excited to be offering training for mentors with newly revised mentor training material. The first two sessions have already been offered, but if you commit to watching the recordings of those sessions you can still join the last three sessions coming up in May. Learn more and register here. 

Don’t Miss Out on the Community Ministers Retreat: You can still register for the community ministers retreat and receive the link to the video and resources from the first Pre-Retreat. The second Pre-Retreat session is coming up soon on April 21. For more information about the retreat series and to register, click here.

Something for Formation